सुसंनद्धसमस्ताङ्गं प्रशमामृतवर्मणा । वेधयन्ति न दुःखानि शरा वज्रशिलामिव ॥ ६७ ॥
susaṁnaddhasamastāṅgaṁ praśamāmṛtavarmaṇā | vēdhayanti na duḥkhāni śarā vajraśilāmiva || 67 ||
Translation
Sorrows do not pierce one whose every limb is well bound in the armour of the nectar of peace, as arrows do not pierce a block of diamond.
Word by word
- susaṁnaddha
- well bound
- samasta
- every
- aṅgaṁ
- limb
- praśama
- of peace
- amṛta
- of the nectar
- varmaṇā
- in the armour
- vēdhayanti
- pierce
- na
- not
- duḥkhāni
- sorrows
- śarā
- (śarāḥ) arrows
- vajra
- of diamond
- śilām
- a block
- iva
- as
Meaning
The armour of knowledge in 2.12.18 is now made of peace, and it turns out that they are one armour. Sorrows are like arrows, and the verse does not say they stop flying. There is only a change in what they meet.